Phase 3 Non-fiction book 8

Phase 3

Non-fiction - book 8 oi, ar, air, ear, er, ur, or, ure

On the Farm Smart Kids Letters and Sounds

Words using the focus sounds:

oi

ar

air

ear

soil

farmer

fair

shears

toil

farm

pair

year

join

cart

chair

er

ur

or

ure

farmer

burn

short

manure

summer

turnip

for

pure

her

turf

sort

cure

Tricky words taught previously:

the I is my go no to into his has as put of said her he be she we me for you all was they

On the Farm

Written by: Fraser Milne

oi

ar air ear er

Focus Phonemes:

ur or ure

Ford is a sheep farmer.

2

Ford cuts the wool from his sheep with a pair of shears.

3

Bert toils on his turnip farm.

4

Bert puts a mix of manure and soil on top of his turnips.

5

Clair has an orchard.

6

Clair sorts the plums as she picks them. If a plum has a mark or a burn from the sun, she puts it in the manure cart.

7

Clair sells her plums at the summer fair.

8

Comprehension Questions: 1. What does Bert grow on his farm?

2. What does Clair do with the pears that have sunburn?

3. What type of farm would you like to own?

Vocabulary for Discussion: toil - work hard

manure - compost

Each series has been written with a slightly different progression to offer reading opportunities at more stages.

Phase 3

Made in the UK

1. j, v, w, x

Jess at the Vet

Fiction

2. y

Jim the Vet

Non-fiction

Station Road, Hungerford, Berkshire

3. z, zz

The Bug

Non-fiction

RG17 0DY, UK

4. qu

Fix-It Fox

Fiction

5. ch

The Quiz

Non-fiction

6. sh, th

Ash and the Shellfish Non-fiction

7. ng

Fish and Chips

Fiction

8. ai

Set Sail

Non-fiction

9. ee

A Wait in the Rain

Fiction

10. igh

Moths

Non-fiction

11. oa

At Night

Fiction

Smart Kids Ltd.

12. oo, oo

Look at my Things

Fiction

13. ow

At the Zoo

Non-fiction

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14. oi

Cow’s Boil Up

Fiction

15. ‘r’ controlled

On the Farm

Non-fiction

16. ‘r’ controlled The Letter

Fiction

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Series ISBN 942-1-002414-32-8

SMART KIDS

Phase 3 - Non-fiction

L & S

L&S Readers

Phase 1 (Wordless Books)

1

Phase Four

Phase Two

2

1. cvcc

- Lost in the Woods

2. cvcc, ccvc

- Help

3. cvcc, ccvc

- Sport

4. cvcc, ccvc

- Dogs

5. cvcc, ccvc

- Frogs

6. cvcc, ccvc

- Winter

7. cccvc, cvccc

- Slugs and Snails

4a

1.

s, a, t, p, i

- Pip, Pat

2.

n, m

- Tim, Nat

3.

d, g, o, c

- Min

4.

k, ck, e

- Pip in a Pot

5.

u, r, h, b

- Can a Bug Dig?

6.

f, ff

- The Fun Run

7.

l, ll

- Bill and Val

8. cccvc, cvccc - The Thrush Nest

8.

ss

- A Mess

Phase Four

3

Phase Three 1.

j, v, w, x, y

- Jim the Vet

2.

z, zz

- The Bug

3.

qu, ch

- The Quiz

4.

sh, th

- Ash and the Shellfish

5.

ng, ai

- Set Sail

6.

ee, igh

- Moths

7.

oa, oo, oo, ow

8.

oi, ‘r’ controlled - On the Farm

- At the Zoo

4b

1. -est

- T-Rex

2. -ing

- Transporting

3. -er

- Ears

4. -ed

- Milk

5. -tch

- Chicken Eggs

6. -y, -ey

- Family Fun Park

7. -ve

- Stunts

8. -le

- Otters

5

Phase Five 1. ou,ea,ie,ir,oy - Roy’s Treat 2. ay,ey,aw,ue,wh - Days of the Week 3. ph, ew, oe, au - Fingers and Toes 4. Split digraphs - Snail Race

ISBN 942-1-002414-32-8

Product code: LT133V Made in the UK

5. Alt. c, g

- Picnic in Central Park

6. Alt. ch, y

- Christmas Island Crabs

7. Alt. a, e, i, o, u - Static Electricity 8. Alt. ea, ie, er, ow, ou, ey - Wheels

Phase 6

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